LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 21 June 1944, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two hundred and fourteen towns, last week, attained their quotas of National War Savings, five more than in the preceding week. All the principal centres were successful and in all of the 18 postal districts the full district quota was recorded.

Over £4O in cash was stolen, when a burglar or burglars broke into the premises of the Self-Help Store in Mackay Street, Greymouth, during the week end. The culprit, who entered through a sky-light in the roof removed no stock.

Men! We are sending post free Fancy Sox, Plain Sox, Wollen Sox, Ribbed Sox, 2/6 per pair. Post your order urgent to H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt.

The returns from the Slab Hut Creek gold dredge for the week ending June 17, was 51 ozs. from 36,400 yards in 203 hours. Associated Gold dredges recovered 156 ozs. from 56,580 yards in 2853 dredging hours. The Clutha River dredge last week worked 65 hours and recovered 68 ozs.

Milk vendors in Greymouth have been asked to furnish before Sunday, a return of milk delivered to-day, m order that progress can be made in the scheme to inaugrate a system of milk zoning in the town. When returns have been received, it is understood that a conference of interested parties will be held.

Repairs to the timbering at the top of the main shaft of Wallsend State Mine are more extensive than originally thought and the mine is not expected to resume before Friday. The week’s idleness will cause over 1,000 tons, of coal to be lost. The employees, however, being in an essential industry are on the minimum rate of pay during the idle period.

About a dozen Greymouth members of a recent draft of N.Z.E.F. mci returning from .the Pacific, arrived m Greymouth, yesterday. They were met at ithe station by the Mayor and Maycress (Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Kitchingham), members of local bodies, the R.S.A., Red Cross, and Patriotic Society. There also was a large gathering of friends and relatives.-

Despite the terrific hammering it has received during the past few weeks by the heavy seas which have prevented vessels leaving or entering the port of Greymouth, the breakwaters show no sign of wear and are standing up well. Rain continued to fall heavily, early this morning, and the total for the past three days has now reached 3.63 inches, bringing the total for the year so far is 61.92 inches.

There were 64 notifications of scarlet fever in Canterbury last week and foui’ on the West Coast. One death of a scarlet fever patient is reported, but as in the only other similar case in the present epidemic, scarlet fever was a' secondary cause of death. Other notifications in Canterbury were: Erysipelas 3, tuberculosis 1 malaria 2, eclampsia 1, undulant fever 1. There was .one case of puerperal sepsis on the West Coast. There were two deaths from tuberculosis and one from hydatids in Canterbury.

Ladies, be smart and cosy in a Fur Coat from White’s £2 off each Fur Coat during the next few days. White’s Corner, Your Fashion Centre. —Advt.

Though rumours to the contrary are numerous, there is sufficient coai on the West Coast to satisfy New Zealand for the next hundred years. This statement was made at Greymouth, last evening, by Mr. J. M. Bunt, at the first meeting of the Westland District Progress League. Stating that his information had been obtained from a reliable source, Mr. Bunt added that if the areas in South Westland were opened up and re-af-forestation measures carried out, there would be enough timber to last the province for years.

People judge by what they see on the front door, said Mr. P. O’Farrell at a meeting of the Westland District Progress League, last evening, and he went on to point out that the front door to Greymouth, as far as visitors was concerned, was the sixty-mile stretch, of rail to Otira. The view revealed on that route was not likely to improve a stranger’s opinion of the town and he suggested that after the war. when bulldozers were made that work be commenced clearing the unsightly stumps, the land thus becoming useful for the grazing of cattle,

What woman will deny that washing is really hard work? Scrubbing, rubbing, wringing, standing over a steaming copper, then struggling out into the yard in all kinds of weather with a heavy basket of clothes —it’s nothing but dredgery. Well, whv do it? Let the Westland Laundry take over your weekly wash. We guarantee you complete satisfaction, and our modern washing and ironing machines cause far less wear and tear than the old-fashioned scrub board. If you do not want them fully finished try our Bag Wash The cost is reasonable. Our No. 2 Thrifty Service, 181bs flat work fully laundered for only 5/- is one of our most popular services. Ring 136. Depot: 27 Albert Street. —Advt.

No shipping movements took place at Greymouth, yesterday, and the s.s. Kiwitea, which was in the roadstead, has gone to Westport to load. The s.s. Kartigi, loaded since last Tuesday with coal for Wellington, is still barbound. The s.s. Poolta, also with coal for Wellington, is bar-bound. The s.s. Rata is in the roadstead and is to load coal for Nelson and Tarakohe. The m.v. Karu is expected to complete loading her Wellington cargo of timber. The s-s. Titoki which is to load coal for New Plymouth, is still in the roadstead. The Port Waikato is also still outside. The s.s. Kaimai is due to-day to load coal for Wellington.

“Coffin nails,’’ according to a London correspondent, was the engaging name by which cigarettes were known when he was a boy. A lot of water has passed beneath the bridge since those days, and “coffin nails’’ must have been manufactured from very inferior tobacco to have deserved their name. But things have changed. There’s as much difference ’twixt the old-time cigarettes the correspondent writes of, and those made of Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold or Pocket Edition, as there is between an old-fashioned motor-car and a modern Rolls-Royce. Only the choicest leaf, grown in carefully selected localities, goes to making the two brands named. And it’s precisely the same with the three pipe brands, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead). Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), and Cavendish (the popular sporting mixture). Made and blended bv experts in an up-to-date factory, these tobaccos are toasted, which ingenious process not only enhances Javoui and aroma, but frees them from ex cess of nicotine, thus safeguarding the smoker. No finer or purer tobaccos are produced wf s lenge comparison with the wo 1 best.—Advt. -